Vibrating toy gun



"Flix Allg. 14, J.

VIBRATING TOY GUN Filed Jan. ll, 1954 VIBRATING TOY GUN Joseph A. Sigg, Pittsburgh, Pa.

Application January 1'1, 1954, Serial No. 403,159

1 Claim. (Cl. 46-175) This invention relates to new and useful improvements in toy guns of the ray type, and it is among the objects thereof to provide a hand grip trigger to provide greater leverage and ease of operation of the actuating mechanism to enable very young children to operate the same.

It is a further object of the invention to provide a toy gun employing a movable ray barrel having an adjustable stop for controlling reciprocatory movement thereof and having an actuator for impacting an abutment of the barrel and for producing a sound effect.

These and other objects of the invention will become more apparent from a consideration of the accompanying drawing constituting a part hereof in which like reference characters designate like parts and in which Fig. 1 is a side elevational view with the cover removed of a toy gun embodying the principles of this invention;

Fig. 2 a top elevational view thereof; and

Fig. 3 a side elevational View of the gun showing Fig. l with the side cover in place.

In the several figures of the drawing the numeral 1 generally designates a gun stock having a hand grip 2 and a fixed trigger abutment 3 for engagement by the trigger finger which is, however, rigid and integrally formed with the stock. The stock is provided with slots 4 and 5 for receiving the gun barrel 6 which is slidably mounted in the slots and is provided with an upstanding iin-like member 7 which abuts a shoulder 8 Vin the retracted position of the barrel and an adjustable stop 9 in the forward position of the barrel. The barrel is provided with an ornamental mufer 10and a pin 11 loosely fitted into a recess 12 to create as much moving appearance as possible during the oscillatory movement of the barrel 6.

The stock 1 is further provided with slots 13 and 14 for receiving an actuator bar 15 that has a shoulder 16 for engaging a coil spring 17, one end of which abuts the shoulder 18 of the barrel 6. The spring 17 constitutes the barrel an oscillating member in the sense that when the actuator bar 15 is released the coil spring will cause the shoulder 16 to retract and strike a shoulder 19 of the barrel which sets up the oscillating motion of the barrel. For this purpose a latch bar 20 is provided having an upturned end 21 that is disposed in a recess 22 of the actuator bar 15. The other end of the latch bar 20 has an upturned portion 23 that engages a coil spring 24 in the recess 25 of the stock.

A movable finger grip 26 is pivotally mounted at 27 on the fixed hand grip 2 of the gun stock and is provided with a notch 28 that engages the latch bar 20 as shown in Fig. l. A leaf spring 29 is disposed in a slot 30 of the finger grip and in the recess portion 31 of the grip and functions to normally bias the finger grip 26 to its extended or outward position as shown in Figs. 1 and 3.

The adjustable abutment 9 for the ray barrel 6 is of substantially rectangular shape as shown in Fig. 2, being of a greater dimension in the direction of the vertical plane as viewed in Fig. 2 and in the horizontal direction of Fig. 2. The abutment is mounted on a pivot pin 9a United States Patent() as Vshown in Fig. l and is provided with a knurled edge 2 9b. By turning the member 9 90 degrees, the length of travel of the barrel as determined by the space between the abutments 8 and 9 may be varied.

The elements 32 and 33 as well as the n-like members 34 are ornamental only and have no function in the mechanical features of the gun. The cover and side members are provided with slots 35 and 36 through which wing-like members 37 and 38 project. These members are integral with the ray barrel and actuator bar and show movement when the barrel is actuated by the linger grip in the manner to be hereinafter explained. 'The side walls of the gun are'also provided with slots 39 and 40 through which serrated ribs 41 and 42 project, which ribs are respectively integrally formed with the barrel and actuator bar and reveal movement when the ray barrel is actuated.

The operation of the above described toy gun is briefly as follows. When the adjustable abutment 9 is set for either a long or short movement of the ray barrel, the mechanism is in the position shown in Fig. l with both the coil springs 17 and 24 extended. In this position the iin 7 of the barrel abuts the stop 9 and the finger grip 26 is extended as shown. By grasping the grip 2 and placing the fingers in the grooves of the grip 26, closing movement of the handle retracts the grip trigger while the operator holds the trigger finger on the xed trigger element 3. As the grip 26 is retracted, the notch 28 of the trigger 26 pushes the actuator bar 15 in a forward direction until the notch 28 slips 0E the latch bar 20. At this pointV the coil spring 24 and the action of the coil spring 17 will cause the actuator bar to retract with considerable force and in its rearward movement the projection 16 of the actuator bar will strike the shoulder 19 of the ray barrel and snap it rearward. As the barrel 6 is a lioating member, the coil spring 17 will cause it to oscillate after the actuator bar has been released as described to eifect a recoil action and at the same time produce an impact sound which is attractive to children.

It is evident from the foregoing description of this invention that toy guns made in accordance therewith are easy to operate because of the greater leverage of the grip trigger as compared to a small pistol type trigger and that by the use of a simple actuating mechanism with the floating feature of the ray barrel, a highly animated and ornamental toy gun is produced.

Although one embodiment of the invention has been herein set forth, it will be evident to those skilled in the art that various modifications may be made in the details of construction without departing from the principles herein set forth.

I claim:

A toy gun comprising a frame, a pistol grip and xed trigger constituting a part of the frame, a hand lever pivotally mounted on the pistol grip normally biased by a spring away from the grip in a forward direction, a barrel mounted for sliding movement in said frame and an actuator mounted for sliding movement parallel with the barrel, a spring disposed between the barrel and an abutting shoulder on the actuator, and a spring normally biasing the actuator to the rearward position, and a latch engaging a notch in the actuator and engaging a notch in the hand lever whereupon displacement of the hand lever to register with the pistol grip of the frame the actuator is released to oscillate the barrel.

References Cited in the le of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,259,463 Defr Mar. 12, 1918 1,492,898 Schmidt May 6, 1924 2,529,709 Sigg Nov. 14, 1950 2,684,554 Sigg July 27, 1954 

